The 9/11 Decade

The 9/11 Decade

After the 9/11 attacks, the US government announced that ‘the gloves were coming off’ in the fight against al-Qaeda. With the CIA gaining new powers, the agency could now eavesdrop and kidnap anybody thought to be a suspect.

It is the story about the secret war behind the war on terror, exploring how the CIA closely monitored al-Qaeda’s communications, and the group’s escape from Tora Bora and the problems this raised. The film examines both the highs and the lows of the intelligence war, revealing how the US nearly lost outright in 2003 and how al-Qaeda negated its own advances through a bloody campaign to eliminate Iraq’s Shias.

The 9/11 Decade examines the highs and lows of the intelligence war, revealing how the US nearly lost outright in 2003 and how al-Qaeda negated its own advances through a bloody campaign to eliminate Iraq’s Shias.